# Lee Jun-young

Lee Jun-young (Korean: 이준영; born January 22, 1997), also known as Jun, is a South Korean singer, rapper and actor. In June 2014, he debuted as a member of U-KISS. In October 2017, he joined survival program The Unit, in which he finished in first place and became a member of the project group UNB.
Apart from his group's activities, he has participated in various television dramas, notably Avengers Social Club (2017), marking his career breakthrough, Goodbye to Goodbye (2018), Class of Lies (2019), Good Casting (2020), Please Don't Date Him (2020), Imitation (2021), and Let Me Be Your Knight (2021), and May I Help You? (2022).

## Career
### 2014: Career beginnings

On May 15, 2014, NH Media announced, via U-KISS's official Korean website, new member Jun to the public. On June 2, 2014, Jun made his debut with U-KISS and the group released its ninth mini album Mono Scandal along with the 19+ rated music video of the album's title track "Quit Playing."

### 2017–present: Acting roles and UNB

In 2017, he debuted as an actor in the television series Avengers Social Club.
On October 28, 2017, Lee joined survival program The Unit. He made it to the final Top 9 and was voted number one. He promoted with UNB, which consisted of finalists from the show, from April 7, 2018, to January 27, 2019.
From April to May, Lee appeared as "Compass" on MBC's TV program King of Mask Singer. He performed a duet with Lee Sang-hoon of "It Was Like That Then" and a solo cover version of "Eraser". In May 2018, he made his second acting appearance as Han Min-soo in the MBC television series Goodbye to Goodbye (2018) and received a new actor award at the 2018 MBC Drama Awards.
On April 10, 2019, Lee released his first Japanese solo single "Phenomenal World," which explored the futurepop genre. He performed his first solo showcase in Tokyo on February 4. Prior to the release, he also held a series of concerts on April 6 in Osaka and April 8 in Tokyo. Tower Records Japan ranked "Phenomenal World" as the #7 best-selling Japanese single by a Korean artist for the first half of 2019. He starred in the OCN television series Class of Lies, which aired from July 17 to September 5. On November 6, he released both a Korean and Japanese version of his solo single "My Way," for which he wrote the lyrics. The single featured rapper Reddy and was produced by Sway D and was accompanied by two music videos. After a digital download was released on October 30, the Japanese version ranked #2 on the dwango.jp K-POP Life weekly singles chart. On November 28, he released his first Korean solo single "TELL" composed by himself as a pre-release for upcoming album Gallery. On December 5, he made his solo debut in Korea with the title track "Curious About U" and the single album Gallery.
On January 22, 2020, Lee released his first Japanese album 22 which featured the title track "Come Alive". In 2020, he acted in the musical Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun! and received a new actor award at the fifth Korea Musical Awards. He played Kang Woo-won in the SBS television series Good Casting (2020), which was entirely pre-produced and he made a special appearance in the SBS drama Backstreet Rookie. Later that year, Lee acted in the MBC Every 1 drama Please Don't Date Him. He participated in the soundtrack for Please Don't Date Him with the single "To you who will be tired". On October 7, he released a new Korean single "Amen", which explored his interest in rap and hip hop.
In 2021, Lee starred in the KBS drama Imitation (2021) as a talented idol, he joined the Netflix film Love and Leashes with Seohyun, and he was cast in the dramas D.P. and Let Me Be Your Knight. After departing NH Media in August, he announced in November that he co-founded a new company J-flex, which will serve as his current agency for his acting projects.

## Discography
### Extended plays

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | JPN | Sales |
| 22 | Released: January 22, 2020 Label: Avex Trax Formats: CD, digital download Track list Come Alive Be Your Man I'm in Love with You Gravity My Way (feat. Reddy) Circle of Love | 18 | JPN: 3,649 (Phy.) |

### Single albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| Gallery | Released: December 5, 2019 Label: NH Media Formats: CD, digital download Track list Curious About U (궁금해) Mirror Tell | 36 | KOR: 2,404 |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | JPN | Sales | Album |
| Korean ||||||
| "Tell" | 2019 | — | — | Undisclosed | Gallery |
| "Curious About U" (궁금해) | 2019 | — | — | Undisclosed | Gallery |
| "Amen" | 2020 | — | — | Undisclosed | Non album-single |
| Japanese ||||||
| "Phenomenal World" | 2019 | — | 12 | JPN: 10,124 | Non-album single |
| "Happiness" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "My Way" (feat. Reddy) | 2019 | — | — | — | 22 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. ||||||

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Love Me" (Lee Hae-ri feat. Jun) | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Abstract" (SOLIDEMO feat. Jun) | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Winter Wonderland" (Kyrielle Lee Gyu-in, Choi Byung-mo feat. Jun) | 2017 | Non-album singles |

### Collaborations

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Don't Know Why" (with Shion Miyawaki and AK) | 2018 | Non-album single |

### Soundtrack appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Ziugae" (지우개) | 2018 | King of Mask Singer Episode 152 |
| "Because It's You" (너라서) | 2018 | Goodbye to Goodbye OST |
| "My Love To You" (내사랑 투유) (with Kei) | 2019 | Chart Show Again - The Winner Is? |
| "Let's Make Love" (사랑하자) (with Soyeon (Laboum)) | 2020 | Good Casting OST |
| "To You Who Will Be Tired" (지쳐있을 너에게) | 2020 | Please Don't Date Him OST |
| "A Fine Day" (다시 오늘) | 2022 | May I Help You? OST |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | More Painful than Sadness | Lee Yun-ho | Independent film [Unreleased] |
| 2022 | Love and Leashes | Jung Ji-hoo | Netflix film |
| 2023 | Brave Citizen | Han Soo-gang | Amazon Prime |
| 2024 | Badland Hunters | Choi ji-wan | Netflix film |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Avengers Social Club | Lee Soo-gyum | |
| 2018 | Goodbye to Goodbye | Han Min-soo | |
| 2019 | Class of Lies | Yoo Beom-jin | |
| 2020 | Good Casting | Kang Woo-won | |
| 2020 | Backstreet Rookie | High school student | Cameo (Ep.2) |
| 2020–2021 | Please Don't Date Him | Jung Kook-hee | |
| 2021 | Imitation | Kwon Ryok | |
| 2021 | D.P. | Jung Hyun-min | Cameo (Season 1 Ep.3) |
| 2021–2022 | Let Me Be Your Knight | Yoon Tae-in | |
| 2022 | May I Help You? | Butler Kim / Kim Tae-hee | |
| 2023 | Mask Girl | Choi Bu-yong | Cameo (Ep.4) |
| 2024 | The Impossible Heir | Kang In-ha | |
| 2024 | Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale | Moon Cha-min | |
| 2025 | The Queen Who Crowns | King Sejong | Cameo (Ep.12) |
| 2025 | Melo Movie | Hong Si-jun | |
| 2025 | When Life Gives You Tangerines | Park Yeong-bum | |
| 2025 | Pump Up This Healthy Love | Do Hyeon-jeong | |
| 2025 | Weak Hero Class 2 | Geum Seong-jae | |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2017 | The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project | Himself | | |

### Web shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2018 | UNB in Japan: OND | Himself | | |

### Music video appearances

| Year | Song | Artist | Notes | Ref. |
| 2018 | There Has Never Been a Day I Haven't Loved You | Im Chang-jung | | |
| 2018 | Turn It On | Laboum | | |

## Musical

| Year | English title | Korean title | Role |
| 2015 | ON AIR～夜間飛行～ | — | 타인 |
| 2015 | RUN TO YOU～Street Life～ | — | Kang Jae-min |
| 2019 | Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun! | 스웨그에이지: 외쳐, 조선! | HongDan |
| 2020 | Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun! | 스웨그에이지: 외쳐, 조선! | HongDan |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2021 | Best Choice Award - Actor | Lee Jun-young | Won |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2022 | Best Actor Award | May I Help You? | Won |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2023 | Best Acting Performance Award | Brave Citizen, Mask Girl | Won |
| Director's Cut Awards | 2024 | Best New Actor in a Series | Mask Girl | Nominated |
| Korea Cultural Entertainment Awards | 2018 | Best New Actor | Goodbye to Goodbye | Won |
| Korea Musical Awards | 2021 | Best New Actor | Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun! | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2018 | Best New Actor | Goodbye to Goodbye | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | May I Help You? | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Best Couple Award | Lee Jun-young (with Lee Hye-ri) May I Help You? | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2020 | Best New Actor | Good Casting | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2021 | Excellence Award for an Actor in a Mini-Series Romance/Comedy Drama | Let Me Be Your Knight | Nominated |
| Scene Stealer Festival | 2023 | Scene Stealer of the Year | Love and Leashes May I Help You? | Won |

### Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement :
| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
| Cine21 | 2021 | New Actors that will lead Korean Video Content Industry in 2022 | 5th | |